Well, eye-watering prices are common enough when it comes to the sale of historic houses/estates, and Adlington Hall in Cheshire is no exception. The entire estate is up for £30 million but is divided into twenty-five lots. This is the first time in 700 years that the house—which began as a Saxon hunting lodge—has been on the market. It was the residence of the Legh family, who between 1480-1505 replaced the original hunting lodge with the medieval house you see in the illustration above.
My interest would definitely be a piece of the astonishingly beautiful medieval portion of the great house. I can but wish….
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